Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ He was a warm opposer of absolution; for he alleged that it belonged to God alone to forgive sins, but instead of acting as God ministers, the Romish clergy took upon them, he said, to forgive sins in their own name. He also taught that external confession was not necessary to salvation, exclaimed against indulgences, prayers to the saints, the celibacy of the clergy, the doctrine of transubstantiation, monastic vows, and other practices in the Roman Catholic church. ”
